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| Natasha Lyonne |
Megan's popular, pretty, dates the captain of the football team (though she's not too keen on his slobbering kisses) - and she's a cheerleader. One day, in an intervention initiated by her Christian fundamentalist parents and led by a very warped RuPaulin his male persona, she is whisked off to True Directions, a rehab camp for homo teens. They think she's a lesbian, but Megan has no real clue herself. In the best tradition of same-sex prison movies, war movies and not to mention John Waters movies, the camp proves to be the best place for Megan to findherself. Thrown in with a mix of gay boys and girls in various stages of reform or rebellion, Megan experiences the surrealistic and comic rigors of queer conversion as practiced by a scary Cathy Moriarty (picture Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest) and her able assistant, the aforementioned RuPaul. With a simmering romance between Megan and her new-found (girl) friend Graham, we know there's going to be trouble, steamy sex and just maybe a happy ending in store. This is an hilarious satire that also provides sharp social commentary about the very real issues facing gay teens. A Sundance Film Festival 2000 selection.
7:00 PM Screening at the Regal Cinema $10
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